After a short-lived aerial fantasia, Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell smells a rat — or, in this case, a fish. The meta-narrative zooms out, and then an anonymous phone call snaps things into focus.

But after a day of make believe, a surprise discovery delivers an unbelievable twist.

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ORIGINAL AIR DATE: THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2025

Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell starts from the bottom and works his way up (WAY up) through back-issue stacks, thirsty correspondence, and other catalogued unmentionables.

But when you’re finally at the top, there’s only one place left to go — and no amount of gymnastics training can soften that fall.

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EPISODE EIGHT: RESPECT THE BANANA

A strange (bunk)bedfellow sets Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell on a new path — and an odd prescription. Upon infiltrating a secret society, all roads lead to tropical fruit. And an especially significant broom closet.

And then the curtain drops — and everything changes.

This episode includes:

Part-Time Detective Tips: 4 • Industry-Best Examples of Bedside Manner: 1 • Mysterious Locations: 4 • Broom Closet Quick Changes: 1 • Trademarked Drag Names: 2 • Team Players: 1000+

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EPISODE SEVEN: CROP ROTATIONS

Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell is losing his mind, but he’s not the only one. A traumatized woman points him towards a hotel at the end of the world, but he goes further: to a mysterious house with an exhausting secret.

And then the meta-meter hits a new high!

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EPISODE SIX: LIFE WANTS TO LIVE

Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell makes like an Australian and goes down under — literally. Weird things come in threes, the doctor is IN, and a friendly sewer witch debates the sentience of her homemade bombs.

And then someone hits the bullseye on the dunk tank.

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EPISODE FIVE: PRODUCT IN THE BASEMENT

An unusual refugee takes Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell on a tour of “the pyramids.” Whips crack, hips roll, and an old school chum breaks down domination — just in time for petty theft to kick off Queerial’s first-ever RADIO-FRIENDLY CHASE SCENE™.

But when the tapes hit the pavement, it all goes to hell.

This episode includes:

Part-Time Detective Tips: 3 • Life-Saving Plastic Nodes: Two • Mysterious Locations: 4 • RADIO-FRIENDLY CHASE SCENES™: 1 • ALF Cameos: One (please don’t sue us). • Bananarama-adjacent encounters: Isn’t one technically three?

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A brush with death leaves Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell with a few bruises — and some new leads. Original sin goes in the spin cycle, an old CI goes nuts over green melon, and a desperate woman bites back.

And then something goes bump in the darkest alley…

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This episode includes:

Part-Time Detective Tips: 3 • Tiny Bibles: One, then many • Mysterious Locations: 5 • High-speed Robot Hate Crimes: 1 • Free Samples: None — THAT’S RIGHT, NONE. • Wet Snakes: One too many

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Presented by: You Made Me Queer! and The Sonar Network.

Writer, Host, Producer and Sound Designer: Trevor Campbell

This episode featured Owen Ever, Aaron Banes, Lauren McEnemy, Stephanie Malek, Meghan Hoople, Nug Nahrgang, Joy Thompson, Rachel Brittain and a text-to-speech avatar named Kimberly as Ruby 3000.

Our theme and all of our music is by Kritty. For more of her work, visit lavenderbusiers.bandcamp.com.

You can find extra clues and case notes for this episode at trevorcampbell.ca/queerial. We’re on Instagram with the handle @youmademequeer.

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ABOUT QUEERIAL:

Ask anyone: something, somewhere, is making people queer.

In this limited series, full-time queer, part-time detective Trevor Campbell follows the fingerprints and feather boas back to the original scene of the crime. Hyper-sexual fungus bugs? Deepfake pyramid schemers? Career candy stripers from Peach Springs, Arizona? Anything’s game when the game’s afoot. You won’t believe what develops in the dark room of this hard-boiled, half-scripted absurdist radio noir.

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Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell has a bit of bad luck that overstays its welcome. Bad blood, bad omens, bad seeds — and Bad Girls.

Beep beep! Toot toot!

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This episode includes:

Part-Time Detective Tips: 4 • Long-Lost Lovers: 2 • Mysterious Locations: 5 • Disco Vendettas: 1 • Dream Sequences: 2 (if you don’t count the third one) • OBMs: One Bajillion+

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Presented by: You Made Me Queer! and The Sonar Network.

Writer, Host, Producer and Sound Designer: Trevor Campbell

This episode featured Owen Ever, Aaron Banes, Lauren McEnemy, Stephanie Malek, Meghan Hoople, Nug Nahrgang, Joy Thompson, Rachel Brittain and a text-to-speech avatar named Kimberly as Ruby 3000.

Our theme and all of our music is by Kritty. For more of her work, visit lavenderbusiers.bandcamp.com.

You can find extra clues and case notes for this episode at trevorcampbell.ca/queerial. We’re on Instagram with the handle @youmademequeer.

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ABOUT QUEERIAL:

Ask anyone: something, somewhere, is making people queer.

In this limited series, full-time queer, part-time detective Trevor Campbell follows the fingerprints and feather boas back to the original scene of the crime. Hyper-sexual fungus bugs? Deepfake pyramid schemers? Career candy stripers from Peach Springs, Arizona? Anything’s game when the game’s afoot. You won’t believe what develops in the dark room of this hard-boiled, half-scripted absurdist radio noir.

Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

An old flame shoots sparks in Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell’s rented office. Public transit is out for blood, drag goes dressage, and a tortured writer shares the dark secret of her family estate.

And then the symptoms start.

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This episode includes:

Part-Time Detective Tips: 7 • Phantom Phone Calls: 1 • Mysterious Locations: 4 • Welsh Mountain Ponies: 1 • Mail-Order Brides: 0 (and that’s a problem) • Minutes in Heaven: 7

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Presented by: You Made Me Queer! and The Sonar Network.

This episode featured Kristopher James Truchan, Lauren Deborah, Natalie Duncan, Filip Jeremic, Caroline Moore, Rachel Brittain, Slappy Davis, Caleb Buys, Nug Nahrgang, Brie Salonga, Johnnie Walker, and a text-to-speech avatar named Kimberly as Ruby 3000.

Our theme and all of our music is by Kritty. For more of her work, visit lavenderbusiers.bandcamp.com.

You can find extra clues and case notes for this episode at trevorcampbell.ca/queerial. We’re on Instagram with the handle @youmademequeer.

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ABOUT QUEERIAL:

Ask anyone: something, somewhere, is making people queer.

In this limited series, full-time queer, part-time detective Trevor Campbell follows the fingerprints and feather boas back to the original scene of the crime. Hyper-sexual fungus bugs? Deepfake pyramid schemers? Career candy stripers from Peach Springs, Arizona? Anything’s game when the game’s afoot. You won’t believe what develops in the dark room of this hard-boiled, half-scripted absurdist radio noir.

Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

Part-Time Detective Trevor Campbell is at the end of his rope when he’s handed the biggest case of his career by mysterious matriarch Eve Majors: Who is Patient Queero?

With the help of his text-to-speech royalty-free A.I.-powered robot assistant Ruby 3000, he chases his first lead: a big book at the public library. Unfortunately, it’s all about bugs.

But so is everything else.

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This episode includes:

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Presented by: You Made Me Queer! and The Sonar Network

This episode featured Kristopher James Truchan, Lauren Deborah, Natalie Duncan, Filip Jeremic, Caroline Moore, Rachel Brittain, Slappy Davis, Caleb Buys, Nug Nahrgang, Brie Salonga, Johnnie Walker, and a text-to-speech avatar named Kimberly as Ruby 3000.

Our theme and all of our music is by Kritty. For more of her work, visit lavenderbusiers.bandcamp.com.

You can find extra clues and case notes for this episode at trevorcampbell.ca/queerial. We’re on Instagram with the handle @youmademequeer.

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ABOUT QUEERIAL:

Ask anyone: something, somewhere, is making people queer.

In this limited series, full-time queer, part-time detective Trevor Campbell follows the fingerprints and feather boas back to the original scene of the crime. Hyper-sexual fungus bugs? Deepfake pyramid schemers? Career candy stripers from Peach Springs, Arizona? Anything’s game when the game’s afoot. You won’t believe what develops in the dark room of this hard-boiled, half-scripted absurdist radio noir.

Brought to you By: The Sonar Network